Wrapper-holding mechanism for coin-counting machines



E. P. DONNELLAN WRAPPER HOLDING MECHANISM FOR COIN COUNTING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 30, 192o.

Patented Feb. 14, 1922..

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EDWARD P. DONNELLAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO STANDARD-JOHNSON 00., INC., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

WRAPPER-HOLDING MECHANISM FOR COIN -OOUN'1IN G MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 30, 1920. Seria1 No. 427,389.

' to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The present invention relates, generally, to improvements in coin-counting machines; and the inventionhas reference, more particularly, to an improved mechanism for holding wrappers subject to the delivery thereinto of coins from the coin counting and delivery mechanism.

The invention has for its principal object to provide a novel construction of wrapper holding mechanism for coin counting machines more particularly designed forthe rapid handling of the coins delivered by the latter, and at the same time provid ing means for quickly locating and position ing the wrappers when the same are inserted in the tubular holders therefor, and also for automatically releasing the stop devices of the counting mechanism as the tubular holders are alternately brought into operative relation to the coin counting and delivery mechanism. To these and other ends my present invention consists of a pair of tubular wrapper holders arranged in connection with a shiftable carrier device so that while one wrapper holder is in service the other is out of service, consequently permitting the removal of the coin filled wrapper from and the insertion of a new wrapper in the latter while the coins are filling thewrapper supported by the former; and the.

invention further consists of adjustable means for cooperation with the wrapperholders when out of service which will determine the corect position ofthe wrappers when inserted therein; and the invention also consists of means for automatically producing a preliminary crimp at the bottom of the wrapper as the tubular holders supporting the same are moved into service position. The invention also provides a means operated through the movement of the shiftable carrier device for releasing the automatic stops of the coin counting means to permit renewed operation of the counting and delivery mechanism each time a tubular holder is moved into service position.

Other objects of the invention, not at this time more particularly enumerated will be clearly understood from the following detailed description of the same.

lVith the various objects of the invention 1n view, the same consists, primarily in the novel wrapper holding mechanism for coin counting and delivery machines hereinafter set forth; and the invention consists, furthermore, in the novel arrangements and combinations of several devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction thereof, all of which will be hereinafter more fully described and then embodied in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a front elevation of a portion of a coin counting machine provided with the novel wrapper holding mechanism made according to and embodying the principles of the present invention; Figure 2 is a plan view of the same; Figure 3 is a detail vertical longitudinal section through the same, taken on line 8-3 in said Figure 2; and Figure 4 is a detail horizontal section taken on line 4;- 1 in said Figure 1.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the hereinabove described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to said drawings, the reference character 1 indicates a coin counting machine of the type and general construction shown and described in prior Letters Patent of the United States, No. 1,160,830, dated November 16th, 1915, the same com.- prising a. suitably supported bed-plate 1 with which is associated a rotatable table 2, the marginal portions of which are surrounded by a coin guiding and controlling means 3. A rotatable propeller wheel 4 is mounted upon said bed-plate 1 to receive the coins delivered from said coin guiding and controlling means 3. so as to engage said coins and successively propel the same into actuating engagement with the star wheel 5 of a coin counting mechanism 6, and then finally deliver the same to the wrapper holding mechanism. Said coin counting Patented Feb. 14, 1922.

mechanism is, in its detail construction, the I same as described in said above-mentioned prior patent, and is provided with a pivoted stop controlling bar 7, which controls the stops for automatically locking the coin counting mechanism when the desilied predetermined number of coins have been counted and delivered to and deposited in the wrapper arranged and supported to receive the same.

The novel wrapper holding mechanism, which is the subject of the present invention, comprises a laterally disposed guide plate 8 having at its sides suitably formed guide portions 9 with which a slide-plate 10 is movably engaged. Saidguide plate 8 is provided with a chute member 11 terminating at itsforward end in a delivery opening 12. Surrounding the forward portion of saidchute member 11 is an upstanding guard wall13 from each side ofwhich project, in opposite directions. wings or lugs 11 which are positioned against the forward edge of said bed-plate 1, and through which pass into sa1d bed-plate. fastenlng screws 15 for securing saidguide-plate 8 infixed relation to sa-id bed-plate 1, and so that the chute-member 11 isproperly alined to receive the coins as they are propelled forward after actuating the coin counting mechanism. Said slide-plate 10 is provided with a pair of longitudinally spaced apart vertical openingsor passages 16, and connected withthe under side of said slide-plate in alinement with said openings are depending bosses 17 having receiving sockets 18 in their lower free ends. The reference character 19 indicates tubular wrapper holders the upper ends of which arerespectively receivable in said rethereof, is a vertical hanger, arm 22. Supported by-said hanger arm 22, in a suitable location, are oppositely projecting lateral arms or bracket portions 23,'to the free end of each'oi which isan adjustable-supporting block 24: capable otrotative adjustment relative to the ends of-said bracket portions 23, saidsupporting blocks 24: being secured in desired adjusted positions by the set screws 2-5 carried thereby.

ing blockfle isa transversecarrier arm 26, adapted to be secured in desired ad usted position by meansot the set-screws 27 conncctedw th the outer ends of said support Adjustably mounted in connection with each supporting blocks 24:. The forward free ends of said transverse carrier arms 26 are provided with laterally projecting stop pins 28, which extend'toward the respective wrapper holders 19. Said wrapper holders 19 are provided. in their outer side walls with upper openings 29 and lower openings 30, which at proper times permit the entrance therethrough of the stop pins 28, so that the latter project into the interior of the wrapper holders 19 and serve as stops for arresting the tubular wrappers 21,when the latter are inserted in the said wrapper holdcrs, thus determining the operative position of said wrappers in the holders. When the carrier arms 26 are adjusted to position the stop .pins28 in alinement with the upper openings :29, the stop pins 28 serve to determine the position of full length or full capacity wrappers in the holders 19, but when the carrier arms 26 are adjusted to position" the stop pins 28 in alinement with the'lower openings 30, the stop pins 28 serve to determine the position of half length or half capacity wrappers in the holders 19. Adjustment of the stop pins 28 for the latter relation may be accom plished by pulling forward the carrier arms 26 and then turning forward thesupporting blocks 24; to lower the free ends of the carrier arms to points opposite the lower openings 30 so as to bring said-stop-pins opposite said openings.

Connected with the lower free end of said hanger arm'22, by means of suitably arranged and interconnected Supporting arms 31,32 and 33, is a crimping member 34 the shank 35 of which extends through the arm 83,so as to bevertically adjustable relative thereto for the purpose of locating the crimping member 3% at a proper height, a setscrew 36 beingprovided to secure the same in the desired adjusted position.

Then properly adjusted said crimping member 3a is. positioned at a point immediately beneath and alined with the wrapper holder 19 occupying its in service position.

Connected with said coin counting mechanism, so as tobe vertically movable in a fixed guide means 37, is 'a trip bar 38 having at its lower end an anti-friction roller 39. Fixed on said slide-plate 10 is a cam pivotally connected by its rearward end to a convenient point at the under side of said bed-plate 1. The forward end of said hand lever 41 extends through an opening 42 provided in said cam member 40, whereby a swinging movementof said hand lever in a horizontal plane in one direction or the other will cause a sliding movement of' said slideplate 10 in a corresponding direction so as to position one or the other of said wrapper holders in a service position while the remaining wrapper holder is in out of service position.

It will be apparent from an inspection of the drawings that the tubular wrapper holders 19 are detachable relative to the slideplate 10, so that the same may be made in different diameters according to the size of the coin operated upon in any given case. As shown in said drawings the tubular wrapper holders are of a size adapted to accommodate coins of the ten cent denomination, and the same are provided with enlarged upper ends 19 to fit the receiving sockets 18. Said receiving sockets 18 are of a diameter large enough to receive wrapper holders of a diameter accommodating the largest size of coin, and the smaller and intermediate sizes of wrapper holders adapted to the smaller and intermediate sizes of coins, are all provided with said enlarged ends 19 to fit said receiving sockets 18.

In order to render clear the operation and manner of using the novel wrapper holding mechanism I have in Figure 1 of the drawings designated one wrapper holder 19 with the additional reference character X and its fellow with the additional reference character Y. \Vhen the parts are actuated to occupy the positions shown in said Figure l thewrapper holder X occupies an in serv ice position while the wrapper holder Y occupies an out of service position. The coin counting mechanism is set so that, for example, fifty coins of the ten cent denomination will be counted and delivered through the chute member 11 and delivery opening 12 to be deposited in the wrapper 21 carried by the holder X, and then the counting mechanism stops until the automatic stop devices are released by actuation of the stop releasing bar 7. IVhile the coins are being delivered to the wrapper in the holder X, the holder Y being moved to the left to occupy an out of service position is operatively associated with the left hand carrier arm 26 and its stop pin 28 so that the latter enters through the upper opening 29 of said wrapper holder Y. The operator thereupon thrusts into the lower end of said holder Y a paper wrapper 21, moving the same upwardly until it is stopped against the said stop-pin 28, in which position the lower end of said wrapper 21 projects for a short '(illSlfiHCQ downwardly beyond the end of said holder Y. When the counted coins have been deposited in the wrapper supported by the holder X, the operator grasps the hand lever 41 and swings the same to the right, thereby sliding to the right the slide plate 10. This movement of the slide-plate 10 carries the holder X with its coin filled wrapper to an out of service position, and at the same time carries the holder Y to an in service position. As said holder Y moves to in service position the lower projecting end of the wrapper 21 inserted therein is 'arried against the crimping member 3%, contact with which forms an initial crimp in the lower end of the wrapper tending to close the same against the escape of coins therefrom. In moving the slide-plate 10 to the right, the cam member 40 rides beneath the trip-bar 38 imparting a lifting movement thereto which causes the stop controlling bar 7 to swing upward to release the automatic stops of the coin counting mechanism, so that operation of the latter mechanism will be resumed and continued until fifty coins have been deposited inthe wrapper supported, by said holder Y. In the meantime the holder X being in out of service position, the same is operatively associated with the right hand carrier arm 26 and its stop-pin 28, so that the latter projects into the same through its upper opening 29, and consequently while the filling of the wrapper in the holder Y is taking place, the operator may remove the filled wrapper from the holder X to finish the closing of the ends of the wrapper, and then insert a new wrapper into said holder X until stopped against said stop-pin 28. IVhen the wrapper in the holder Y is filled, the ope ator swings the hand lever ll to the left, which moves the slide plate 10 in a corresponding direction, so that the holder Y is returned to out of service position, and the holder X is returned to in service position, and the cam member 40 caused to actuate the trip bar 38 and stop controlling bar 7 to again start the coin counting and delivery mechanism. In this manner it will be apc parent, that by a simple manipulation the respective holders X and 'Y are alternately carried into in and out of service positions, so that the operation of the machine is rendered for all practical purposes continuous, and much time is saved, especially when the novel wrapper holding mechanism is used in connection with power driven counting machines I am aware that some changes may be made in the general arrangements and combinations of the various devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction thereof, without departing from'the scope of the invention as set forth in the foregoing specification, and as defined in the appended claims. Hence, I do not limit my invention to the exact details of the construction of said devices and parts as described in said specification, nor do I confine myself to the exact details of the construction of the said parts as illustrated in thii alccompanying drawings.

1. A wrapper holding mechanism for coin counting machines, comprising a pair of tubular wrapper holders, means for alternately moving said wrapper holders to an in service position, and wrapper positioning stops with which said holders cooperate when in an out of service position.

2. A. wrapper holding mechanismfor coin counting machines, comprising a pair of tubular wrapper holders, means for alternately moving said wrapper holders toan in service position, a wrapper-end crimping member with which said holders cooperate when in an in service position, and wrapper positioning stops with which said holders cooperate when in an out of service posi tion.

3. The combination with a coin counting machine having counting mechanism stops and a releasing bar controlling said stops of a wrapper holding mechanism, comprising a pair of tubular wrapper holders, means for alternately moving said wrapper holders to an in service position, and means operated by the movement of said holders for actuating said releasing bar controlling said counting mechanism stops.

4. The combination with a coin countingmachine having counting mechanism stops and a releasing bar controlling said stops of a wrapper holding mechanism, comprising a pair of tubular wrapper holders, means for alternately moving said wrapper holders to an in service position, means operated by the movement of said holders for actuating said releasing bar controlling said counting mechanism stops, and wrapper positioning stops with which said holders cooperate when in out of service position.

5. The combination with a coin counting machine having counting mechanism stops and a releasing bar controlling said stops of a wrapper holding mechanism, comprising a pair of tubular wrapper holders, means for alternately moving said wrapper holders to an in service position, means operated by the movement of said holders for actuating said releasing bar controlling said counting mechanism stops, and a wrapper-end crimping member with which said holders cooperate when in an inservice position.

6. The combination with a coin counting machine having counting mechanism stops and a releasin bar controlling said stops of a wrapper ho ding mechanism, comprising a pair of tubular wrapper holders, means for alternately moving said wrapper holders to an in service position, means operated by the movement of saidholders for actuating said releasing bar controlling said counting mechanism steps, a wrapper-end crimping member with which said holders cooperate vhen in an in service position, and wrapper positioning stops'with which said holders cooperate when in out of service position.

7. A wrapper holding mechanism for coin countingmachines, comprising a guide-plate having a chute member terminating in'a delivery opening, a. slide-plate supported by said guide-plate having openings registrable with said delivery opening, a pair of tubular wrapper holders, means for supporting said holders in alinement respectively with said slide-plate openings, means for reciproeating said slide-plate to alternately move said holders into in service position relative to said delivery opening of said guideplate, a fixed hanger arm, wrapper positioning stop-pins, adjustable means carried by said hanger arm for supporting said stoppins, and said holders having openings through which a stop-pin projects when said holders occupy an out ofservice position.

8. A wrapper holding mechanism for coin counting machines, comprising a guide-plate having a chute member terminating in a delivery opening, a slide-plate supported by said guide-plate having openings registrable with said delivery opening, a pair of tubular wrapper holders, means for supporting said'holders in alinement respectively with said slide-plate openings, means for reciprocating said slide-plate to alternately move said holders into in service position relative to said delivery opening of said guideplate, a fixed hanger arm, wrapper positioning stop-pins, adjustable means carried by said hanger arm for supporting said stoppins, and said holders having openings through which astop-pin projects when said holders occupy an out of service position, a crimping-member, and adjustable means carried by said hanger arm for supporting said crimping member in operative relation to said holders when the latter occupy an in service position.

A wrapper holding mechanism for coin counting machines, comprising a guide-plate having a chute member terminating in a delivery opening, a slide-plate supported by sa i d guide-plate having openings registrable with said delivery opening, a pair of tubular wrapper holders, means for supporting said holders in 'alineme'nt respectively with said slide-plate openings, means for reciprocating said slide-plate to alternately move said holders into in service position relative to said delivery opening of said guideplate, a fixed hanger arm, a crimping-me: her, and adjustable means carried by said hangerarm for supporting said crimping member in operative'relation to said holders when the latter occupy an in service po- S1t1011.

10. The combination with .a. coin counting machine having counting mechanism stops and a releasingbar controlling said stops of a wrapper holding mechanism, comprising a guide plate having a chute member terminating in a delivery opening, a slide-plate supported by said guide-plate having openings registrable with said delivery opening, a pair of tubular wrapper holders, means for supporting said holders in alinement respectively with said slide plate openings, means for reciprocating said slide plate to alternately move said holders into in serv ice position relative to said delivery opening of said guide-plate, a vertically reciprocable trip-bar for actuating said releasing bar controlling said counting mechanism stops, and a cam carried by said slide-plate to actuate said trip-bar.

11. The combination with a coin counting machine having counting mechanism stops and a releasing bar controlling said stops of awrapper holding mechanism, comprising a guide plate having a chute member terminating in a delivery opening, a slideplate supported by said guide plate having openings registrable with said delivery opening, a pair of tubular wrapper holders, means for supporting said holders in alinement respectively with said slide plate openings, means for reciprocating said slide plate to alternately move said holders into in service position relative to said delivery opening of said guide-plate, a vertically reciprocable trip-bar for actuating said releasing ba-r controlling said counting mechanism stops, a cam car ied by said slide-plate to actuate said trip-bar, a fixed hanger arm, wrapper positioning stop-pins, adjustable means carried by said hanger arm for supporting said stop-pins, and said holders having openings through which a stop-pin projects when said holders occupy an out of service position.

12. The combination with a coin counting machine having counting mechanism stops and a releasing bar controlling said stops of a wrapper holding mechanism, comprising a guide plate having a chute member terminating in a delivery opening, a slide B a plate supported by said guide plate having openings registrable with said delivery opening, a pair of tubular wrapper holders, means for supporting said holders in alinement respectively with said slide plate openings, means for reciprocating said slide plate to alternately move said holders into in service position relative to said delivery opening of said guide-plate, avertically reciprocable trip-bar for actuating said releasing bar controlling said counting mechanism stops, a cam carried by said slide-plate to actuate said trip-bar, a crimping-member, and adjustable means carried by said hanger arm for supporting said crimping member in operative relation to said holders when the latter occupy an in service position.

13. The combination with a coin counting machine having counting mechanism stops and a releasing bar controlling said stops of a wrapper holding mechanism, comprising a guide plate having a chute member terminating in a delivery opening, a slide-plate supported by said guide plate having openings registrable with said delivery opening, a pair of tubular wrapper holders, means for supporting said holders in alinement respectively with said slide plate openings, means for reciprocating said slide plate to alternately move said holders into in service position relative to said delivery opening of said guide-plate, a vertically reciprocable trip-bar for actuating said releasing bar controlling said counting mechanism stops, a cam carried by said slide-plate to actuate said trip-bar, a fixed hanger arm, a crimping-member, and adjustable means carried by said hanger arm for supporting said crimping member in operative relation to said holders when the latter occupy an in service" position.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of November, 1920.

EDWARD P. DONNELLAN,

Witnesses:

Gnonen D. RICHARDS, James L. DONNELLAN. 

